Qatar Trying Too Hard?

I? just read an article that two tall buildings in Qatar, I wouldn’t call them skyscrapers (is there an Arabic word for skyscrapers?), in the? past 3 months have been in major fires. Both buildings were badly damaged. These were major fires that span on almost most of the floors of these buildings. Is the real estate boom in Qatar going too fast? Seems like everything in the Gulf that grows, grows fast!

A specialist had his say in both cases and he blamed the relaxed regulations in Qatar and the ignorance to safety concerns by the owners.

There is another building that collapsed during the renovations that were going on the Ramada Hotel.

Seems someone is trying a little bit too hard. Maybe they should ease down a little bit. We Arabs, especially Gulfeners :), sometimes get over excited and think with our hearts not our minds.

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1 Mark Jun 5th, 2006 at 3:16 pm

wow looks like one crazy fire
2 judy Abbott Jun 5th, 2006 at 4:04 pm

oh pooor owners,,,

and skyscrapers in arabic –> ?????? ??????
3 Yazeed Jun 5th, 2006 at 4:11 pm

oh yeah i forgot that
4 DiiGMaa Jun 5th, 2006 at 4:40 pm

I was there !!!!

u can see a black cloud over the city the whole day !!

I took a pic the next day when we were close by…

check ur mail..
5 Yazeed Jun 5th, 2006 at 5:24 pm

cool, that must have been weird,
when was this?

i’ll be waiting for the pic
my email is yazeed.alharthi@gmail.com
6 Farooha Jun 6th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

Ok I just came to say what she said ^, damn you, Judy Abott! I’m the soon to be professional mutarjema man, now move over lol

ok I keep getting more and more convinced that I’m wasting my time for 5 years with this major lol oye, the bittersweet truth!
7 Yazeed Jun 6th, 2006 at 9:27 pm

Farooha,
what happens when everybody speaks english?